“My fellow Gambians:At 1 o’clock this morning, forces loyal to Lamin Sanneh, the disgraced former Commanding Officer of the State Guards, invaded The Gambia from Senegal in an attempt to overthrow its legitimate government. A group of armed men attacked the presidential palace and the Denton bridge military post before being quickly repelled. Four of the insurgents were killed and four more captured. Sanneh himself sustained injuries and may have died in the attack. No Gambian feels the aguish of this heinous plot more deeply than I, against whom Sanneh adds the sin of betraying a friend to the ignominy of high treason. Rest assured that the Enemies of the People have been defeated, and I will be returning from my state visit to France immediately in order to oversee an investigation and ensure that the perpetrators of this plot face stern justice.”

There is an army mutiny taking place in The Gambia at this hour. The State House in Banjul has been attacked by armed men. Some soldiers loyal to dictator Yahya Jammeh have started defecting. There is a complete chaos. Pockets of Jammeh loyalists resisted the invasion, but it seems that the attackers have gained the upper hand. Traffic to the capital city Banjul have been brought to complete halt. Denton bridge and other key security installations are in the hands of the mutineers. The ports, airport, Denton Bridge, Mile Two prison and other barracks are in the hands of the mutineers. Five Jammeh loyalists have been killed during the mutiny and dozen others injured. The leader of the coup one Lamin Sanneh have been killed.

In the meantime, dictator Yahya Jammeh is in France visiting. The mutineers contacted Freedom radio Gambia by phone by displaying sounds of machine gun. One of the callers, who refused to identify himself said: ” I am leading the operation,” he then hung up the phone.

We received four phone calls from Banjul, and all the callers said they were on the ground taking part in the mutiny. The State House has fallen in the hands of the mutineers.

Journalist Abdoulie John said he tried to reach Louis Gomez of the NIA for a foreign media he is reporting for, but Gomez cursed his mom.

Freedom Radio in the Gambia is broadcasting live coverage of the coup.

26 people are reported to have died of Ebola in Sierra Leone on December 27th, and 55 new infections were recorded nationwide, according to official reports.

The diamond rich district of Kono is now has a total of 175 Ebola patients and 21 of yesterday’s new infections were from there. There were 18 new confirmed infections in Freetown yesterday and 9 from Portloko.